Welcome back to Working It Out. This is Mike Burbiglia. Today on the show we have Rose

Bud Baker, one of my favorite comics. We actually recorded this in fall of 21. We're

re-aring it now. She has been just exploding with popularity to great comic. She's written

for SNL. She's written for that damn Michael Che. She's a recurring role on Amy Schumer's

series Life and Beth on Hulu. She has her own special that's on YouTube for free called

Whiskey Fists that I think is fantastic. I'm just going to play a clip of that right now.

I went out with this guy who was an abusive alcoholic, which is a very tough combo, right?

For him because he was always way too drunk to land a punch. I was just like, I'm already

enabling you. Do I have to fucking lean in? What's... Get it together, Whiskey Fists.

So that'll give you a sense of the kinds of jokes Rose Bud makes. Little warning, Rose

Bud takes up really dark topics. That's what her comedy goes at. We actually talk about

that a lot today on the show and sort of why she does that and what ultimately the risk

and reward of doing that. It's actually a great conversation, but if that's not something

the kind of thing that you want to hear today, maybe this is not the episode for you, but

I love this conversation. Before we get into it, I want to point out I'll be in Sag Harbor,

New York with my new show The Old Man of the Pool. Then I will be in Los Angeles for

40 performances in the month of August at the Marktape Forum. Get tickets for that. Now

they're going very, very quickly. Then in the fall, I'll be in Pittsburgh, Cleveland,

Toronto, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Salt Lake City, Mesa, Arizona, and more. I'm

actually announcing them all on Burbigs.com. I'm going to the places that you told me to go on

TikTok and Instagram. Enjoy my conversation with Rose Bud Baker. She's, again, I think one of

the best comics working and I think we have a really great in-depth chat about comedy and humor

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